Nine appoints Car Advice CEO | Sorrell buys Melbourne ad business | Derryn Hinch returns to TV | The Footy Show's return | ABC to end Foxtel deal | State of Origin viewers down | 12 new jobs | Havas announces new mission

[View Newsletter Online]( [Mumbrella Newsletter]( Final days to enter the Mumbrella Publish Awards for less In case you were not aware, first entries for the [Mumbrella Publish Awards]( are due midnight Friday. With a plethora of categories to enter from leadership to branded content, sales to editorial – be sure to get a head start to create a strong entry that could put you well and truly in contention. Remember, you’ll pay more if you enter at the last minute. [Start your entry today.]( News [Alex Parsons to take on CEO role at Car Advice]( Alex Parsons’ stint with Nine is set to continue, as he fills the void left by Andrew Beecher as Car Advice CEO. Parsons had been with Nine for more than a decade, but departed in 2017 when he was chief digital officer. After a brief stint as CEO of Adcorp, Parsons returned to the Nine family to manage the sale of the events business it had inherited when it took over Fairfax. [READ MORE »]( News [State of Origin game two brings 1.96m metro viewers to Nine]( The second clash between the NSW Blues and the Queensland Maroons has brought 1.96m metro viewers to Nine, a drop from 2.178m for game one which aired on a Wednesday night. This is the second year that game two has been played on a Sunday night, instead of the traditional Wednesday. Last night’s game, however, was also down on last year’s game two, which had 2.09m according to OzTAM’s preliminary overnight figures, and 2.123m according to Nine’s time-adjusted figures. [READ MORE »]( News [Digital ad spend growth dips to single figures for first time in 18 years]( Digital ad spend is set to grow by 7.5% this year, the first time growth has been in the single figures since 2001. The latest forecast has been issued by Magna, IPG Mediabrands’ media intelligence and investment division. Magna also predicts local ad spend will grow by 2.5% this year (less than half of 2018’s 5.3%) to $17bn, and 3.4% in 2020 to $17.6bn. [READ MORE »]( News [Sorrell's S4 Capital buys Melbourne's Biztech]( S4 Capital, owned by former WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, has bought Biztech, a Melbourne-based marketing company. The transaction involves S4 Capital’s global content arm, Mediamonks, merging with Biztech, in a move said to be a “strategic step towards delivering a faster, better and cheaper offer for clients worldwide”. [READ MORE »]( News [Derryn Hinch is ‘coming home’ with a new show on Sky News]( Broadcaster and commentator Derryn Hinch will return to TV screens as the host of a new show on Sky News after losing his senate seat in the 2019 election. Hinch will air on Thursdays at 8pm on Sky News Live and Sky News on WIN and will mark a return to TV for Hinch, ‘the Human Headline’, after he left the world of media to become a senator three years ago. [READ MORE »]( News [The Footy Show to return with Eddie McGuire, Sam Newman and Trevor Marmalade for AFL grand final]( Eddie McGuide, Sam Newman and Trevor Marmalade will reunite in a farewell tribute for The Footy Show which was cancelled by Nine earlier this year. The trio, who were the original hosts when the show started in 1994, will reunite for The Grand Final Footy Show, a one-night-only event that will air on Nine and 9Now on September 26 at 7:30pm. [READ MORE »]( News [ABC looks to end $4m retransmission deal with Foxtel to 'meet funding cuts']( The ABC is looking to end a $4m-a-year deal with News Corp-owned Foxtel. The retransmission agreement involves ABC content being broadcast to the subscription-TV platform’s customers. The renegotiation follows the government’s decision last year to freeze ABC funding from next month, which will cost the public broadcaster $84m over three years. In a statement to Mumbrella, the ABC confirmed that the discussions with Foxtel stem from the fact it is “considering various savings measures to meet funding cuts with minimal impact to our content, services and staff, in accordance with our ongoing obligation to find efficiencies”. [READ MORE »]( News [Havas Group announces global mission to make a 'meaningful difference' to clients]( Havas Group has announced its new global strategy to “make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people”, based on recent shifts in customer expectations. A series of initiatives – including a new “business methodology” and commitments around equality, environmental responsibility and harassment training – will make the Havas Group a “more meaningful place to work”, the group said. [READ MORE »]( F.Y.I. [Ten to produce William Tyrrell podcast]( Ten has announced its next podcast will focus on the story of missing child William Tyrell. The show will be hosted by Lia Harris and Natarsha Belling and will be produced in consultation with Tyrell’s foster parents. [READ MORE »]( News [JC Decaux promotes Lauren Tyler to Queensland sales director]( JC Decaux has promoted Lauren Tyler to the role of Queensland state sales director, effective immediately. She replaces Chris Perera, who is relocating back to Perth with his family next month. [READ MORE »]( News [Drinkwise and OMA team up to promote drinking in moderation]( Drinkwise and the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) have teamed up to promote drinking in moderation. The slogan ‘Children can inherit more than your looks’ will be splashed upon more than 500 billboards this month, targeting areas that have a higher reach to adults. [READ MORE »]( News [Play School to debut new Indigenous character in Acknowledgment of Country episode]( Australian children’s program Play School is debuting a new character, Kiya, in an Acknowledgment of Country episode to air on 8 July, during NAIDOC Week. The Acknowledgment of Country episode will feature presenters Miranda Tapsell, Luke Carroll, and Hunter Page-Lochard finding out where Kiya is from (Noongar country, in the southern corner of Western Australia) and learning to say hello in her language (“kiya”). The ABC said the episode is a demonstration of its commitment to “embed Indigenous perspectives and viewpoints in ABC Children’s content”. [READ MORE »]( News [Seven narrowly wins the TV ratings week]( Seven has won survey week 17, edging out Nine 19.5% to 19.2% on a primary channel basis and 30.3% to 28.8% on a network basis. While Nine took out Sunday to Tuesday with help from The Voice’s battle rounds, Seven took the lead from Wednesday to Saturday, driven by its news offering. [READ MORE »]( Features [Mumbrellacast: Mark Coad on ditching the pitch, saying 'no', and why agency culture is everything]( In this week’s Mumbrellacast PHD CEO Mark Coad joins us in the studio to discuss whether he’s ready to sign up to #ditchthepitch, what it takes to say no to a pitch, deteriorating payment terms, and why ‘culture’, often a muddy, hard-to-pin-down beast, starts at the top. Coad stuck around to also unpack the week’s news, commenting on how regional media is close to his heart in the wake of WIN shuttering five regional newsrooms, why we need to cut TV networks some slack when programs like The Super Switch perform poorly, and what he thinks about transparency for out-of-home measurement. [READ MORE »]( News [News, entertainment, and AFL combine to give Seven a comfortable Friday night win]( Seven has comfortably won the Friday night TV ratings, taking out a primary channel share of 22.9% ahead of Nine’s 15.7% thanks to its news, entertainment and AFL offering. The network’s AFL coverage came in ahead of Nine’s Women’s State of Origin, with 582,000 metro viewers compared to 384,000. 81,000 Sydneysiders, 86,000 Adelaidians and 328,000 Melburnians watched the Sydney Swans beat the Hawthorn Hawks on Seven. [READ MORE »]( Just weeks left to book for Mumbrella's Finance Marketing Summit In light of the royal commission, the [Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit]( is your chance to hit the reset button on your marketing strategy and hear from the very finest finance marketers from across ANZ. Major names confirmed on the line-up include Bankwest, MeBank, Budget Direct, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, Bank Australia, Athena, Yell Creative and many more. 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